Division 49 Membership listserv
Group psychology and psychotherapy General Membership Communication Listserv Shana Shala Cole Psy.D. Announcements Only Listserv (DIV49Group): This listserv has been created in order to convey high priority time-sensitive messages from the Division 49 President, Division 49 Board, APA, and other entities expressing key information to the members of APA Division 49 Society of Group Psychology […]
Most Valuable Paper of 2022 in Group Dynamics
Most Valuable Paper of 2022 in Group Dynamics: Theory, Research and Practice The editors of Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice are pleased to announce that Verlin Hinz and Jay Jackson’s paper The relevance of group dynamics for understanding the U.S. Capitol insurrection is the Group Dynamics Most Valuable Paper of 2022 as voted by the […]
Editor – Group Dynamics Journal
Group Dynamics Journal – Editor Search Group Dynamics The Society of Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy shortly will announce an Editor search for the journal Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice. The journal publishes research and scholarly papers on group dynamics. The incoming editor will begin receiving manuscripts on January 1, 2024, and fully assume […]
Division 49 Board Minutes
2023 Division 49 Board Meeting October 23, 2023 Via Zoom Attendees Present: Noelle Lefforge**, President Nathaniel Wade*, Domain Rep, Group Practice Amy Nitza*, Past President Rita Rivera*, Student Rep Francis Kaklauskas*, President-Elect Michele Ribeiro*, Council Rep Amy Black*, Secretary Giorgio Tasca, Editor, Group Dynamics Debra O’Connell*, Treasurer Aziza Belcher Platt*, Domain Rep, Education Eric Chen*, […]
Early Career Psychologist
Katie (Kathryn) White Psy.D. When I was elected Early Career Professional, I did not know that I would be responsible for a column. Truthfully, I asked very few questions before I agreed to put forth my name to replace the outgoing Early Career Professional and, coincidentally, my direct supervisor, Dr. Misha Bogomaz. As […]
(COR) Corner -APA Council of Representatives
spring 2023 COR Update Michele D. Ribeiro Ed.D. ABPP, CGP, AGPA-F Well, this quarter’s column will be a little different from my usual overview of Council items, as we are still about three weeks away from the midyear Council of Representatives meeting (based on the date I am writing this article). And, as the agenda […]
Evidenced Based Group Therapy Update
Gary Burlingame, Dr. Bernhard Strauss, and Tate Paxton In our last update, we gave updates meant to take us through the end of 2022. We are now into 2023, there are many exciting developments to outline! As a refresher: APA, Division 49, American Group Psychotherapy Association, and German Health Ministry have provided funding and support […]
Navigating Academic Departments-series 2
Departmental Culture and Climate This second essay in the series of six on “Navigating the Academic Department” will focus on the culture and climate in an academic department. Many if not most faculty enter a department that has already established a culture and climate most of which is not openly acknowledged. Agazarian (1997) termed […]
Group Therapy Column
Group Therapy Column Tevya Zukor, Ph.D. University Counseling Centers: Unaware of prognostic Mental Health Issues in Public Education One of the things I deeply value about my work in higher education is that I often get the ability to interact with professionals from different realms than my own. A few weeks ago, I had the […]
DIVISION 49’S PRE-DOCTORAL FORUM
George Washington University Department of Professional Psychology The Group Psychologist Summer Issue 2025 Pre-Doc Forum Third Culture Kid Identity Influence on Clinical Practice Romy Sobol George Washington University Introduction By the age of fourteen, I had lived in seven cities across five different countries, spanning four continents. When asked about my experience growing up this […]